Floating glass wall highlights Denver courthouse

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“Because the design called for a curtain wall on a tilted plane, and we wanted to create the illusion of floating, it had to be top-hung from a secondary steel structure.” — Bill Trainor, project manager, Trainor Glass.

The basics:To achieve the design goals of transparency and light, the five-story, 317,000-square-foot Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse in Denver features a sweeping folding wall of glass along the east side of the building. The 92-foot tall complex glass wall is hung from a secondary steel structure, making it appear to float. The building was designed to achieve Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.